Practice question
Two parties executed a writing containing their agreed price. In a later case governed by section 10, one seeks to prove a conflicting prior oral price solely because it is more favorable. No applicable exception is raised or other admissibility basis is shown. Which is correct?
- A favorable oral version always prevails.
- The writing automatically disappears.
- Every oral assertion is more reliable than a writing.
- The party cannot bypass the written-agreement rule merely by preferring a conflicting oral term.
- The parol-evidence rule requires destroying the original.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 130 section 10: written agreements, parties and successors, verified-pleading exceptions and wills.
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